Cavs SMOKE Pistons in Game 7 blowout! Are you mad at Shams over the MVP tweet? The Bucks have ANOTHER problem! (Episode 1457 Hour 1)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘disadvantage’ as in home-court as in NBA as in playoffs as in Game 7 as in Pistons as in Cavaliers. The Cleveland Cavaliers crushed the Pistons. Embarrassing display. 3rd largest Game 7 blowout on the road in NBA history. (10:08) SGA is back. As in back-to-back MVP. But let’s discuss something that happened with the announcement. (20:54) The Bucks have a problem. Myles Turner went on his podcast and just aired out the dirt inside the Milwaukee Bucks organization. Woof. (30:20) The Vegas Golden Knights are in trouble. A fine for the coach. A draft pick lost. Yikes! (38:37) Review: Lord of the Flies. (43:08) NPPOD. (47:26) Aaron Rodgers is back with the Steelers… hooray. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you. Disadvantage.
0:40.3	That's the nothing personal word of the day.
0:42.3	It is Monday, May 18th, 2026.
0:46.3	In the NBA, Game 7, there is a home court disadvantage.
0:53.3	As crazy as that seems, all the work that teams do during the unbelievably exciting regular season
1:03.2	where there is no tanking, there is no load management, there are teams looking to get
1:09.4	home court advantage for the sole purpose of getting an extra home game, 4 versus 3, and hosting game 7, only for it not to matter.
1:22.4	I can't tell you how 62% of the people watching this are looking at me and saying, God, my entire life
1:32.0	hosting a game seven was everything. When you're on the road in game seven, you're done.
1:37.7	You can't win. Well, since 2017, of course, not including the bubble, because the bubble didn't happen.
1:45.4	Since 2017, home games, home teams, and game sevens
1:50.4	are 14 and 15, a 483 winning percentage.
1:56.3	Used to be 14 and 14 until the Detroit Pistons
1:59.7	lost 125 to 94, number one seed got demolished by the
2:07.7	Cleveland Cavaliers it's ego why we do these shows it. I have a microphone and everyone's listening.
2:20.9	I don't think that Hardin is a winner and I've been saying it.
2:25.8	So naturally I want what I've been saying to come true.
2:29.7	So obviously I'm rooting against Cleveland, except for the fact that I can't stand Detroit from
2:36.6	the bad boys days. And I love Donovan Mitchell. So what am I doing? I'm rooting against
2:43.8	Cleveland, but if Cleveland's going to win, let's make sure James Hardin isn't good. But it
2:49.0	turns out James Hardin is really never good in game sevens, though he was very good in game five when they won.
2:54.8	But by the way, it's impossible to root that way.
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